The Language Conservancy

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The Language Conservancy is a nonprofit organization that with an interest in the Lakota language, Assiniboine language, Crow language and the Hidatsa language.

The Language Conservancy is currently focused largely on Indigenous languages in the United States.

One of its board members, Jan Ullrich,{{Cite web |date=2024-05-13 |title=Our People - The Language Conservancy |url=https://languageconservancy.org/our-people/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513042243/https://languageconservancy.org/our-people/ |archive-date=2024-05-13 }} has been banned from Indigenous territories after monetizing the language resources he collected from within the community.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-03 |title=Lakota elders helped a white man preserve their language. Then he tried to sell it back to them. |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/native-american-language-preservation-rcna31396 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=NBC News |language=en}}